Railway-tie plate.



J. SCHIMMEL, JR.

RAlLWAY TIE PLATE.

Patented June 13, 1916.

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Application filed March 3, 1916. Serial No. 81,854.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN SCHIMMEL, Jr., a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Pa-oli, in the county of Chester and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and Improved Railway-Tie Plate, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description,

An object of my invention is to produce a one-piece anti-rail-creeping tie plate having provision for attaching the same to the tie so that it cannot lose contact therewith and thereby become ineffective.

A further object of the invention is to provide atie plate so formed that, when in position beneath a rail, tendency of the rail to creep will result in an effective gripping action of the plate on the rail to resist the creeping of the latter.

A further object of the invention is to provide a tie plate that will permit the rail to perform its wave motion without lifting the tie or the tie plate from its bed.

The invention also has for its object to provide a tie plate that will not interfere with rail renewals.

The invention will be particularly explained in the specific description following.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification in which similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a plan view of a tie plate formed in accordance with my invention; Fig.; 2 is an end view thereof; Fig. 3 is a perspective view,

My improved tie plate, designated generally by the numeral 10, has oblong holes 11 to receive spikes for securing the plate to a tie A, and additional oblong holes 12 inward from the holes 11 for receiving spikes and for spiking the rail into position. The holes are made oblong to permit the tie plate to be adjusted to ties of different widths and also, to prevent the spikes from a sheering action of the plate. The upper surface of the plate, at the center, presents a bed 13 to receive a rail, and at the sides of the bed 13, longitudinal ribs 14 are produced presenting inner shoulders 15 between which the rail base is received.

At an end of the plate, that is to say, in position to lie at a side of the tie A, a depending lug 16 is produced and preferably, said lug forms an extension of the adjacent rib 14. The inner surface 17 of the depending lug 16, as indicated in Fig. 1, is oblique to the adjacent shoulder 15 so as to be disposed oblique to the side of the tie A. The result of this formation is that as the log is pressed against the side of the tie by the friction of the rail moving forward on the tie plate, the obliquity of the inner surface of the lug will cause the plate to slew sufliciently to cause the diagonally opposite corners of the shoulders 15 to firmly bind Specification of LettersPatent. Patented June 13, 1916,

against the base of the rail Band resist the .creeping movementof the latter. It will be noted that the plate presents no members overlying the rail base; also, it will be observed that the inner holes l2e xtend laterally inward beyond the :shoulders 15 or bearing surfaces of the ribs into. the bed. Thus, the plate is not only permitted a slewing movement, but a slight vertical vibration of the rail may take place. In some instances, I may extend the depending lug 16 laterally as at 18 to lie beneath the rail B and prevent the lug from bending upwardly. When the extension is employed, its inner surface 19 will form a continuation of the oblique surface 17.

Since the tie plate is securely held to the tie it cannot lose contact with the latter and it cannot be displaced from beneath the rail and drop between the ties as not infrequently happens to anti-creepers of ordinary form. Also, the arrangement of the shoulders 15 insures the proper position of thetie plate so that it cannot be ineffective by misapplication. A further result of my improved tie plate is that the tie will be held from slewing. Also, the improved plate prevents the spikes from splitting the tie by being dragged ahead by the rail creeping. Furthermore, the rail is free to move up and down in following its wave motion under the load so that the Wave motion will not lift the tie or the tie plate off its bed. The tie plate offers no interference with renewal of rails. 7

Having thus described my invention I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

. 1. A tie plate having a rail bed, shoulders at the sides of the bed to engage the base of the rail, and a depending lug at a side of said plate in position to lie against the side of a railway tie, the said lug having the inoblique to the lines of the said shoulders.

' base of a rail, there being spike holes in the said ribs and extending laterally beyond the same into said rail bed, and additional spike holes outside of the first holes, the said plate furthermore having a depending lug at one side in position to lie against the side of a tie, said lug being an extension of the adjacent rib.

A railway tie plate having a rail bed, shoulders at the sides of the bed to engage the base of a rail, there being spike holes in the plate at the said shoulders, and additional spike holes outside of the first holes, the said plate furthermore having a depending lug at one side in position to lie against the side of a tie, the said lug'presenting an inner face disposed laterally in a plane oblique to the lines of the shoulders.

l. A tie plate having a rail bed, parallel ribs presenting shoulders at the sides of said bed to accommodate a rail base therebetween, one of said ribs being continued in the form of a lug depending below the bed to engage against the side of a tie, the inner face of the said depending lug being in a plane disposed laterally at an angle oblique to the general direction of the shoulders.

5. A tie plate formed in a single piece and having a rail bed, parallel ribs presenting shoulders at the sides of said bed to accommodate a rail base therebetween, one of said ribs being continued in the form of a lug depending below the bed to engage against the side of a tie, said lug having a lateral integral extension having its upper surface in a plane to lie beneath a rail. V

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

JOHN SCHIMMEL, J11. WVitnesses:

Ross A. VVITTER, VILLIAM T. YERKES,

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner 0! Patents. Washington, D. 0." 

